Story Of The Story Thank You M 'Am'

On page 32 Ms. Jones shows she trusts Roger by turning away when she sets her purse beside him on the couch. Also on the same page she lets the boy go and she trust him not to run away and he doesn’t so at least she straightened him up a little bit already. The young man also wants to show he learned a lesson by saying ‘ do you need anything from the store such as milk or something ‘ on page 32. This also shows will never attempt to steal another woman’s purse again.

On page three, Mrs. Jones said “I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son-neither tell God, if he didn’t already know.” When Mrs. Jones was saying this, one was probably thinking that she has done something like this before, and that is probably why took Roger in instead of taking him to jail. On page three, Mrs. Jones said “Now, here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes. And next time, do not make the mistake of latching on to my pocketbook nor nobody else’s-because shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet.” One may think that Mrs. Jones was saying that if you do bad stuff but have nice shoes it will “burn your feet”. It is very important to think about the decisions you make in life. Making a bad decision comes with consequences, which can be compounded with further

In the story, Mrs. Maloney was waiting for her husband to come home, once he did she "went forward to kiss him as he entered"(1). Everything was going fine until Mr. Maloney said "listen, I've got something to tell you"(2). Mrs. Maloney listened to everything he said and

The story starts off with this guy who is sitting in a movie theater. It goes on by describing how he can't resist the smell of roasted peanuts that came from a lady who was sitting in front of him. He also saw two guys next to him drinking what it seemed to be a bottle of wine wrapped in a paper bag. This man was hungry and that he was down South all he had to do was say “ Lady, gimme a few if those peanuts, please, ma'am,” (Ellison 123), and she wouldn't even think about saying no. Where he was now people were different and he wasn't use to that. This man had no money because he didn't have a birth certificate, therefore, he couldn't get a job. His what seem to be wife called Laura was sick had home and near death because he

"Suddenly he remembered that the purse and the things he had taken out of the old woman's box were still in his pockets! He had not thought till then of taking them out and hiding them!... The paper had come off the bottom of the wall and hung there in tatters. He began stuffing all the things into the hole under the paper: 'They're in! All out of sight, and the purse too!' he thought gleefully, getting up and gazing blankly at the hole which bulged out more than ever. Suddenly he shuddered all over with horror; 'My

When he was getting ready to leave her home the old woman says, “Now, here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes.” The readers do not expect this to happen after

In, “Thank you M’am,’ a young man named Rodger goes from petty thief, to a reasonably polite, behaved boy. Rodger, a muddled boy, stricken by poverty, tries to steal a purse from none other than Mrs. Jones, a larger woman who works at a salon nearby. Rodger is scolded by Mrs. Jones, which is later reversed to be seen as guidance by the audience, when Rodger seems to change. After a shared dinner, and Mrs. Jones showing Rodger signs of trust, Mrs. Jones gives Rodger money to buy a pair of, “Blue Suede Shoes,” which was the original reason why Rodger was even tempted to steal. Rodger is quiet, but a piece of his personality shines through when he murmurs a small, “Thank you m’am,” as Mrs. Jones shuts her door. Why did Rodger wait for her door

Mrs. Jones decides to give Roger the $10 for the suede shoes (page 11 line 151) even though Roger is a stranger and tried to steal from her and $10 is the equivalent of $140 today. This shows how much she truly understands how painful it is to want something so badly but not be able to afford it. She doesn’t want Roger to have any reason to steal from people again. Mrs. Jones is mostly likely trying to get Roger to see that when you give people a chance to help you, they will most likely come through for

“I’ll always remember the good deeds Mrs. Jones did to help get back up on my feet. I used the ten dollars she gave me to buy my blue suede shoes shoes, to slowly become a doctor. I have a good life now, all of it because of what Mrs. Jones did for me when I was a little boy.”

At the quiet Corner of Turks street was the Cranburry Cafe. Inside there was a five man jazz band playing up their tunes. Every single Thursday the five men played. But this Thursday their bass player was feeling ill and unable to play. The band looked for volunteers and found a man named Smith. They called up Smith who was luckily available for that night. In the cafe people danced, and there was song in the dark air. It was a fine beginning to a long cold dark night. As the chimes of the old oak grandfather clock struck 9 the band decided to pack up for the night. Smith was an unusual person, he was looking all around when he was packed until he saw Ms. Jones, whom he was trying to find. As soon as he

This story was about a boy named Roger who stole the purse of a woman named Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Jones catches Roger and takes him to her house where she cleaned and fed him. As she does this, she does this, she figures out why Roger stole her purse in the first place. It was because Roger turned out to be poor, and he wanted money to buy a pair of blue suede shoes. Afterwards, Mrs. Jones let Roger leave her home, but not before she gave him $10 for the blue suede’s and told him to promise that he will never steal purses again.

She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails.It had a long strap, and she carried it slung across her shoulder. It was about eleven o’clock at night, and she was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse. The strap broke with the single tug the boy gave it from behind. But the boy’s weight and the weight of the purse combined caused him to lose his balance so, instead of taking off full blast as he had hoped, the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up. The large woman simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter. Then she reached down, picked the boy up by his shirt front, and shook him until his teeth rattled.

During HP English I have read four different short stories by various authors. These stories have many differences like race, gender, age, and social class. But even thought there are many differences in the stories, the biggest similarity they all share is that all four stories are about fitting in the American society. This is an important theme to me since I am starting as a first generation college freshman at Saint Mary’s. So coming into this new school I will have to learn how to fit in with the society of the school just as the characters in each of the four stories try to fit in their own environment.

The year was 1787 Elizabeth was going to her job at the clog maker on the way Elizabeth started talking to the people on the street to the way of her job. She arrived at her job where she stole the clogs and put them in her bag and acted normal during her job she worked for 5 hours then headed home and she slept and the next morning she woke up and she had the police at her door and said “ You're coming to court Elizabeth” She left her home and went to court and she was accused of stealing clogs Elizabeth said to herself please don’t take me away from my family she came home and said this might be the last time i see you guys the family and Elizabeth all cried and Elizabeth left to court she prayed but luck wasn't on her

The story is about recently widow Anne Bezuidenhout. Her husband of many years Piet Bezuidenhout had broken his neck at the Pampoenfontein gymkhana and was now dead. Anne was pleasant-faced with wide green eyes and had a flickering, charming and tantalizing smile. Most important, Anne was rich. She had ten thousand morgen fully paid for, fruitful lands and all the right equipment. Not to mention the hills well grassed to feed sheep and cattle even in bad times, the money that everyone knew was piling up in the bank, the brand new Saab cabriolet, the